Friday, July 14, 2006

Vroom!

This morning I woke up early again. (Why oh why does this happen when I really feel like I need more sleep?)

Read a chapter of Moby Dick that really got me excited. Chapter 49, in which Ishmael experiences a transformation. It’s just such a perfect chapter. I read and reread it, and wrote four pages in my notebook about it. I’m amazed at Melville’s wit. No one ever told me he was witty. And I want to write that kind of transformation for one of my characters.

So I enthused about the chapter to my DH, and then called my mom and told her all about it during my drive to work. (Stop throwing stones, I use a headset, okay?)

Amazing how literature can get your blood moving sometimes!

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